New owner says the bigger challenge is to ‘find the next Mbappé or next Bellingham or next Roy Keane’
New Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe believes spending big on marquee signings is not the way to prosper. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA WireThe Ineos chairman has taken control of footballing operations at United after his minority shareholding purchase and wants to turn them back into the force they once were. However, he believes spending big on marquee signings is not the way to prosper.
“They have done that, if you look at the last 10 years, they have spent a lot of money on a couple of great players. The first thing we need to do is get the right people in the right boxes who are managing and organising the club. And make sure we get recruitment right, it is such a vital part of football today.”Sammie Szmodics: ‘I am fully focused on playing for Ireland’
Ratcliffe praised the patience Arsenal have shown with Mikel Arteta when questioned on who could win the Premier League this season. United have to decide whether to stand by Erik ten Hag as their manager. Ratcliffe, who outlined that he and Dave Brailsford were the two main decision makers, said United could have a 100,000-capacity stadium if they pushed ahead with plans to build a new ground rather than develop Old Trafford. “If you built a completely new ground it would absolutely be state-of-the-art, world class, 90,000 or maybe even 100,000,” he said. “And that then provides a platform for some of the big competition in the north of England.
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